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Adria Airways' management and the airline's pilots have reached a deal over the latter's strike demands, averting additional industrial action which had been announced for next week, as well as May and June. The content of the agreement was not disclosed. It comes after almost all of Adria's 113 pilots staged a strike on March 22 and 23, causing the airline to arrange short-term wet-leases of aircraft and crew and disrupting a number of flights. Further industrial action was to take place from next Wednesday, starting at 05.30 CEST, until Friday at 23.59, as well as between May 3 and May 5, and June 6 to June 8. The strike would have come in the lead-up to the Easter holidays and the aftermath of the May Day holiday period.

Adria's pilots went on strike after their collective bargaining agreements expired at the end of February. They requested for the agreement to be reinstated under the same terms and conditions and accused the management of plans to scale back a range of rights and obligations. It is believed a pay cut of up 35% was proposed by the airline's management. Adria has cut wages for its pilots, which are some 8.000 euros gross per month (4.000 euros for co-pilots), on several occasions, the last time being in 2011. The system of overtime calculation for pilots was also changed at the time, switching from being based on one months working time to being averaged out over four months working time.

The industrial dispute with its pilots was the first to take place since Adria was taken over by Germany's 4K Invest early last year with a mandate to turn the company around. The management has remained silent on the recent protests and has not commented on the losses Adria incurred as a result of the recent strike. Last week, the collective agreements of the airline's cabin crew also expired and negotiations are now set to take place over a new deal. The last time the collective agreement was negotiated, cabin crew also threatened to go on strike, which was averted just days before it was scheduled to take place.

Not that much, as one would have thought.From gross 4000 EUR a co-pilot gets only 2342 EUR net per month.Not much if you take into consideration the living expenses in Slovenia being almost the same as Austria, Germany. Living expenses are much lower in the former exYU republics and with Euro currency life cost went sky-high.Slovenia:minimum salary Slevenia: 613,00 EUR netaverage salary Slovenia: 1039,00 EUR netco-pilot salary Slovenia: 2342,00 EUR net

But you stil get the money back for your travel from home to the working place, few Eu x working day for food, all extra hours and bonuses all not included in the taxable salary net. So I still guess salary is good ... Not many moving abroad for job .

@AnonymousApril 9, 2017 at 10:06 PM:Is it possible that you didn't make the cut and are now upset at those who did? Sure, not all of Adria's pilots are Top Gun, but their abilities aren't in correlation with their surname.

@ anon 9:09. Pilots pays and conditions around the world have been in a downward spiral for some time now. I would guesstimate that only 10 or maybe 15% of pilots around the world are payed a comfortable wage. In the USA it's very common for first officers to be getting only $20,000 per year and here in Australia many pilots are payed well below the average wage. And than if you are lucky enough to get a job with Jetstar or Virgin, you have to pay them $33,000 to work for them. This after paying at least $100,000 for your licences and ratings and working below the legal award for years while building up your licence.

This is a major issue with the aviation industry and is already leading to a major pilot shortage causing many airlines to hire inexperienced pilots.

First of all, you can get a commercial pilot licence in Europe for less than 50k EUR.

Second, all of Adria's pilots have European passports and EASA licence, allowing them to fly any aircraft registered in EU for any EU-based airline. On top of that, they can go to many other airlines around the world in Middle East and Asia.

But then they would have to adapt to the reality of flying in the real world for a private-owned airline, such as that your salary is directly connected to the financial performance of the company.

50K is for a basic commercial pilot licence quoted on minimum required flight hours which a very small amount of people actually achieve. More realistically you will fly on average an extra 50 hours on top of that quoted to cover the entire syllabus. Than there's an extra 50 hours in a multi engine to get your IFR and another 10K minimum for your ATPL subjects.

oh, ok then, heres another comparison: it takes you at least 12 years to become a surgeon and its sure costs more than 100 000 euros, and yet surgeons in Slovenia do not earn 8000 euros a month- and that is also a responsible jobI rest my case

They (surgeons) do earn 8000 (gross wage) cc 4500 (after "tax") per month or even more. There is a list of salaries in our public sector and the top 20 of them are doctors and then comes the president of the country and prime minister. And then loads of doctors again and then law officers, ministers etc...

But I am not saying this is wrong.

But the government pays for 12 years of studying to become a surgeon, while pilots have to pay 100k € by them self.

Again I am not saying that we should have to pay for schools, just when you are comparing, you are forgetting to mention some facts.

Point I was making is that soon all airlines will be struggling to keep their planes in the air due to the impending pilot shortage. Attitudes like this (and O'Leary is not alone here) is one of the main reasons for this. Its not all about money but pilot flight and duty times are now done by computer programs which ensure maximum benefit to the company and minimum aloud rest for pilots and crew. Pilot fatigue is a major issue which airline management wont acknowledge.

Q400, in my reply at 12:40 I didn't direct my comment to you but to the guy who was comparing bus drivers and pilots. Sorry for misunderstanding but I'm 110% on your side. General public is clueless when it comes to aviation so I can understand the negative comments to Adria pilots.

As for the comment someone made about surgeons, unfortunately in normal nations that job pays quite well, like in Canada or USA. So I'm very sorry that doctors are not paid properly in the Balkans but for that people should not judge pilots but their own politicians.

@AnonymousApril 9, 2017 at 12:06 PM: Really? Does it take 100k eur to become a surgeon? Or better yet, do our surgeons have to pay for their training?! Well, guess what, pilots do have to pay the training themselves. So cut the crap. Their salaries are totally justifiable.

Glad that the strike was averted. Would have been an absolute financial disaster for Adria if they were unable to get people to their destinations a day before Good Friday and get people home after May 1 holidays. It's one of the busier periods of the year.

So even less than stated?Using the above mentioned calculator this gives a co-pilot only 2239 EUR net, so the number one gets on personal bank account. Not much, not much, especially as I know one has to be a CRJ co-pilot for more than 10-12 years according to friend's words as there is no expansion and captains retiring at 65 years instead of former 56...

So what do you suggest? Let me guess, co-pilots should earn in the region of 1000 eur and captains 1500 eur? Would you be satisfied with that? Let me remind you, those pilots are paying your child's kindergarten, your health insurance (soon to be), etc.

(And now someone gonna say) Of course it was solid, it's because of Easter holidays! (or) And you are talking again about Belgrade and Air Serbia, article has nothing to do with it! (haha, irony, of course) But anyway, that's the great load!

OT: waiting on my LX flight INI-ZRH, today with A320, the flight is more than half empty. While waiting in the restaurant, only aviokrilo wifi working, restaurant full with people, annoying announcement every 10min for FR and LX flights, the a/c not even landed

So as I can see the general thinking in the world is this : if he makes more money than me i can comment and think that it isnt fair..even if that guy is a pilot or a surgeon..well here is the problem dude-you had the same starting point as pilots and surgeons, so why arent you a pilot? It is because you cannot be it, because you are bot up to the task, you cannot pass through initial medical tests, you cant stay up all night studying on a saturday when all your friends are on a birthday party, you cant be in a stressful situation with bad weather, aircraft icing and turbulence and stay calm..I think it is some jealousy in work here..how dare you question a pilots pay??!

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